php mail

nassau · #1 (**permalink**) 10-07-04, 03:44 AM

i have a form in my index.php page where users fill in name, phone and email. how do i format the mailer.php page, ie the page recieving the form? i've tried everything i can think of but no luck...

i want the result to be that whatever the users filled into the form, it will show up in an email sent to me.

this is my form:

PHP Code:


			


<form action="mailer.php" method="post">

    <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">

        <tr>

            <td colspan="5" class="link">1. Please fill in your info and I will contact you as soon as possible.</td>

        </tr>

        <tr>

            <td colspan="5" class="link"><img src="http://', $rooturl,'_images/blank.gif" width="1" height="10" border="0"></td>

        </tr>

        <tr>

            <td valign="top" class="link">Name:<br>

            <input type="text" id="name" value="Name" size="10" style="width: 140px; height: 10;"></td>

            <td valign="top"><img src="http://', $rooturl,'_images/blank.gif" width="30" height="1" border="0"></td>

            <td valign="top" class="link">Phone:<br>

            <input type="text" id="phone" value="Phone" size="10" style="width: 140px; height: 10;"></td>

            <td valign="top"><img src="http://', $rooturl,'_images/blank.gif" width="30" height="1" border="0"></td>

            <td valign="top" class="link">Email:<br>

            <input type="text" id="email" value="Email" size="10" style="width: 140px; height: 10;"></td>

        </tr>

        <tr>

            <td colspan="5" class="link" align="left"><img src="http://', $rooturl,'_images/blank.gif" width="1" height="15" border="0"></td>

        </tr>

        <tr>

            <td colspan="3" class="link">2. Check the tracks you like</td>

            <td colspan="2" class="link" align="right"><input type="submit" id="Submit" value="Send your info"></td>

        </tr>

        <tr>

            <td colspan="5" class="link" align="left"><img src="http://', $rooturl,'_images/blank.gif" width="1" height="5" border="0"></td>

        </tr>

    </table>

    <input type="hidden" id="Who" value="',  $who,'"><input type="hidden" id="Page" value="', $page,'"> 



</form>

bizzar528 · #2 (**permalink**) 10-07-04, 03:00 PM

Reference: http://us4.php.net/manual/en/function.mail.php

======================

mailer.php
-----------------

Code:

<?
$name = $_POST['name'];
$email = $_POST['email'];
$phone = $_POST['phone'];

$to = "youremail@yourdomain.com";
$subject = "form response";

$message="
<html>
<head>
 <title>Title of Page</title>
</head>
<body>
Name = ".$name."<br>
Phone = ".$phone."<br>
Email = ".$email."
</body>
</html>
";

$headers  = "MIME-Version: 1.0\r\n";
$headers .= "Content-type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1\r\n";
$headers .= "From: ".$name."<".$email.">\r\n";

if (mail($to, $subject, $message, $headers)) { header("Location: index.php"); }
?>

Very simple idea here. I'm not a pro php programmer, but this is how I've been doing my forms. First, you call in your form variables from a POST statement. Then, select your TO address and SUBJECT line.

I format messages via HTML. If you don't do formatting, you end up with just plain text. Depends on how you want to receive it. I'd do a plain text version here in a second.

Then my script adds the headers so the email comes as an HTML email.

Upon successful send (the last line / if statement) then it redirects to a confirmation page. I put index.php just cause.

For plain text formatting, use this code instead.

mailer.php
-----------------

Code:

<?

$name = $_POST['name'];
$email = $_POST['email'];
$phone = $_POST['phone'];

$to = "youremail@yourdomain.com";
$subject = "form response";

$message = "
Name = ".$name."\r\n
Phone = ".$phone."\r\n
Email = ".$email;

$headers = "From: ".$name."<".$email.">\r\n";

if (mail($to, $subject, $message, $headers)) { header("Location: index.php"); }

Eclipse · #3 (**permalink**) 10-07-04, 04:13 PM

Here's a script I think you'l find a lot easier nd it also using js to check to see if all forms are filled out:

PHP Code:


			
<HTML>

<HEAD>

<TITLE>Contact</TITLE>

<script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">

function checkform ( form )

{

  if (form.name.value == "") {

    alert( "Please enter your name/handle." );

    form.name.focus();

    return false ;

  }

  if (form.subject.value == "") {

    alert( "Please enter a subject." );

    form.email.focus();

    return false ;

  }

    if (form.email.value == "") {

    alert( "Please enter an email address." );

    form.email.focus();

    return false ;

  }

  if (form.message.value == "") {

    alert( "Please enter a message." );

    form.message.focus();

    return false ;

  }



  return true ;

}

</script>

<script language="JavaScript" type="text/JavaScript">

<!--

function MM_reloadPage(init) {  //reloads the window if Nav4 resized

  if (init==true) with (navigator) {if ((appName=="Netscape")&&(parseInt(appVersion)==4)) {

    document.MM_pgW=innerWidth; document.MM_pgH=innerHeight; onresize=MM_reloadPage; }}

  else if (innerWidth!=document.MM_pgW || innerHeight!=document.MM_pgH) location.reload();

}

MM_reloadPage(true);

//-->

</script>

<link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css" type="text/css">

</HEAD>

<BODY BGCOLOR="#CCCCCC" TEXT="#999999">

<?php



if(!isset($_POST["subject"]) AND !isset($_POST["email"]) AND !isset($_POST["name"]) AND !isset($_POST["message"])){

    $self = $_SERVER["PHP_SELF"];

    $form = '<form action="' . $self . '" method="post" onsubmit="return checkform(this);"><input type="text" name="name" value="Name"><br><input type="text" name="subject" value="Subject"><br><input type="text" name="email" value="E-mail address"><br><TEXTAREA name="message" ROWS=12 COLS=80 wrap="on"></TEXTAREA><br><input type="submit" value="Submit"><input type="reset">';

    echo($form);

}

elseif(isset($_POST["subject"]) AND isset($_POST["email"]) AND isset($_POST["name"]) AND isset($_POST["message"])){

    $email1 = $_POST["email"];

    if(strpos($email1, '@') !== false) {

        $email2 = explode("@",$email1);

        $email3 = count($email2);

        if($email3 > 3){

            $string = "Please enter a valid e-mail address.";

        }

        else{

            $test_url = 'http://' . $email2[1];

            if(!@fopen($test_url,"r")){

                $string1 = "Please enter a valid e-mail address.";

            }

            else{

                $name = $_POST["name"];

                $subject1 = $_POST["subject"];

                $subject = 'Form Mailer: ' . $subject1;

                $message1 = $_POST["message"];

                $ip = $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'];

                $date = date("m/d/y");

                $time = date("h:i a");

                $message = $message1 . '<hr>Ip: <b>' . $ip . '</b> Time: <b>' . $time . '</b> Date: <b>' . $date . '</b>';

                if(mail("your@email", $subject, $message)){

                    $string = "Mail sent...";

                }

                else{

                    $string = "Mail error....";

                }

            }

        }

            

    }

    else{

            $string = "Please enter a valid e-mail address.";

        }    

}

if(isset($string)){

    echo($string);

}

?>



</BODY>

</HTML>

BTW: I wrote that so if you use it please give me credit. Thanks

nassau · #4 (**permalink**) 10-07-04, 09:41 PM

thanks to both of you!

i'll check them out tonight.

nassau · #5 (**permalink**) 10-07-04, 10:16 PM

i tried both of your scrips, copy and pasted into mailer.php - no luck!

the emails we're sent with bizzar's script but no information from my form was passed on to the email. eclipse, i couldn't get your script working at all.

now, i'm sure both scrippts are just fine, maybe i'm soing something wrong...

i had another script that was emailing me but without content from my form..:

PHP Code:


			
<? 

 $to = "xxx@xxx.com";

 $from = 'From: \"$name\" <$email>';

 $subject = "Message from www.camo.biz" . $subject;



 $additional = "$from\r\nReply-To: $email\r\nContent-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1";



 mail($to, $subject, $message, $additional);

 ?>

and everyone tells me mailer are so easy

Eclipse · #6 (**permalink**) 10-07-04, 10:42 PM

Well what error did you get from mine cause I've tested it on 4.3.1, 4.3, 5.0, and 5.0.1 with any problems.

nassau · #7 (**permalink**) 10-11-04, 08:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Eclipse

Well what error did you get from mine cause I've tested it on 4.3.1, 4.3, 5.0, and 5.0.1 with any problems.

i got this "Parse error: parse error in /Library/WebServer/Documents/mailer.php on line 47"

i tried fixing it but no luck...

nassau · #8 (**permalink**) 10-11-04, 08:27 PM

i'm just looiking for something reall reall ysimple that will carry the info from my form on the index.php page over to the mailer.php page. this mailer.php page should email me a result of the form, looking something like this:

input1: text1
input2: text2
input3: text3

etc etc

this script:

PHP Code:


			
<? 

 $to = "xxx@xxx.com"; 

$from = 'From: \"$name\" <$email>'; 

$subject = "Message from www.camo.biz" . $subject; 



$additional = "$from\r\nReply-To: $email\r\nContent-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"; 



mail($to, $subject, $message, $additional); 

?>

emailed me alright but did not carry any data over from the form.

oh trouble oh trouble.....

Eclipse · #9 (**permalink**) 10-11-04, 08:46 PM

Ok just try this:

PHP Code:


			
<HTML>

<HEAD>

<TITLE>Contact</TITLE>

<script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">

function checkform ( form )

{

  if (form.name.value == "") {

    alert( "Please enter your name/handle." );

    form.name.focus();

    return false ;

  }

  if (form.subject.value == "") {

    alert( "Please enter a subject." );

    form.email.focus();

    return false ;

  }

    if (form.email.value == "") {

    alert( "Please enter an email address." );

    form.email.focus();

    return false ;

  }

  if (form.message.value == "") {

    alert( "Please enter a message." );

    form.message.focus();

    return false ;

  }



  return true ;

}

</script>

</HEAD>

<BODY BGCOLOR="#CCCCCC" TEXT="#999999">

<?php



if(!isset($_POST["subject"]) AND !isset($_POST["email"]) AND !isset($_POST["name"]) AND !isset($_POST["message"])){

    $self = $_SERVER["PHP_SELF"];

    $form = '<form action="' . $self . '" method="post" onsubmit="return checkform(this);"><input type="text" name="name" value="Name"><br><input type="text" name="subject" value="Subject"><br><input type="text" name="email" value="E-mail address"><br><TEXTAREA name="message" ROWS=12 COLS=80 wrap="on"></TEXTAREA><br><input type="submit" value="Submit"><input type="reset">';

    echo($form);

}

elseif(isset($_POST["subject"]) AND isset($_POST["email"]) AND isset($_POST["name"]) AND isset($_POST["message"])){

    $email1 = $_POST["email"];

    if(strpos($email1, '@') !== false) {

        $email2 = explode("@",$email1);

        $email3 = count($email2);

        if($email3 > 3){

            $string = "Please enter a valid e-mail address.";

        }

        else{

            $test_url = 'http://' . $email2[1];

            if(!@fopen($test_url,"r")){

                $string1 = "Please enter a valid e-mail address.";

            }

            else{

                $name = $_POST["name"];

                $subject1 = $_POST["subject"];

                $subject = 'Form Mailer: ' . $subject1;

                $message1 = $_POST["message"];

                $ip = $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'];

                $date = date("m/d/y");

                $time = date("h:i a");

                $message = $message1 . '<hr>Ip: <b>' . $ip . '</b> Time: <b>' . $time . '</b> Date: <b>' . $date . '</b>';

                if(mail("your@email", $subject, $message)){

                    $string = "Mail sent...";

                }

                else{

                    $string = "Mail error....";

                }

            }

        }

            

    }

    else{

            $string = "Please enter a valid e-mail address.";

        }    

}

if(isset($string)){

    echo($string);

}

?>



</BODY>

</HTML>